The Children of Eve: Population and Well-being in History
| By: | Louis P. Cain; Donald G. Paterson |
| Publisher: | Wiley Global Research (STMS) |
| Print ISBN: | 9781444336900 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781118169629 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 2012 |
| Format: | Page Fidelity |
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The Children of Eve is the first book to bring together general material about population and well-being in a single volume. It presents a world history of demographic and economic change that ranges broadly over time and space and which emphasizes the commonality of human experience.
- The first book to put together material about population and well-being in a single volume
- Emphasizes the formative population history of Europe and North America over the years since the Middle Ages, and includes discussions of Asia and the southern hemisphere
- The authors successfully maintain the difficult balance of addressing complex issues in a style that doesn't over-simplify the subject, whilst upholding an approach that is accessible to general readers and students
- Designed to work as both a stand alone text or a supplement to textbooks in any number of courses